Agnes Jones Adams

Remembered as a remarkable public speaker, Agnes J. Adams actively participated in the Black clubwomen’s movement and other Boston organizations dedicated to racial justice.

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Claudette Colvin

Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white person months before Rosa Parks.

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Cori Bush

As a member of Congress, Bush pushes for progressive legislative goals that will benefit her constituents—people just like her.

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Annie Simons

Simons joined the US Park Police (USPP) on February 3, 1974. She was assigned to Anacostia Station, working from a cruiser rather than on foot patrol. She remembers being the only Black woman at the time.

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